Asfandyar Mir on Why ISIS-K Attacked Moscow

April 01, 2024 00:05:28
Asfandyar Mir on Why ISIS-K Attacked Moscow
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Asfandyar Mir on Why ISIS-K Attacked Moscow

Apr 01 2024 | 00:05:28

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Show Notes

ISIS-K’s recent attack on the Russian capital was, in part, intended to assert the organization’s growing capacity to inflict terror beyond its home base of Afghanistan. “By reaching Moscow, ISIS-K is trying to signal it has the geographic reach to hit anywhere in the world,” says USIP’s Asfandyar Mir.

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